A Street Cat Named Bob behind the scenes gags

A Street Cat Named Bob

The director once selected ten cat actors, but when James, the original creator of the novel and the protagonist of the story, brought Bob to the class, Bob's charm conquered the director and took the role of the "male" protagonist .
Bob plays himself in the film, but there are many male protagonists in the film who have just met it. At this stage, Bob can’t "go back in time" to reproduce the appearance of the male protagonist just eight years ago, so he made The team still selected 6 orange cats that looked similar to Bob as stand-ins, and were trained in a Canadian training center to allow these cats to perform Bob’s signature high-five movements, jump on the bus, sit next to people and other stunts. However, most of the scenes in the film were starred by Bob himself .
In the film, the protagonist James feeds Bob Dairy Lea Dunkers (snacks shaped like egg rolls), which is the food Bob chose during the filming process.
The film is Roger Spottiswoode's third animal film directed after "Curious and Ugly Partner" (dog) and "Arctic Adventure" (Polar Bear).
During the rehearsal, Bob was as calm as a Buddha meditating. When the filming started, when he passed the performance and dropped coins to the guitar bag for rewards, Bob nodded with every passerby, as if to thank the director . The spiritual performance made the director admire .
When the film was finalized, the photographer wanted to take a commemorative photo for James and Bob in the park where they usually stationed. Unexpectedly, the park patrol was driven away. This also evokes James’ memories. Street performers are not allowed near the park. In the past, He is often driven away .
The prototype of the protagonist James Bowen made a cameo appearance in the film .
Bob attracted Rupert Grint , who played the role of Ron in " Harry Potter " , and made a special trip to Covent Garden to give it a signature high-five. Musician Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE also stopped for its cuteness .
Princess Kate of the United Kingdom attended the London premiere of the film and shook hands with Bob as the main sponsor of the charity'Action on Addiction', a charity helping drug and alcohol addicts .